WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication.
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CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.
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Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
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AGITATOR, n. A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors to dislodge the worms.
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TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing ... to the end of time.
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FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.
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